I thought I saw prices jumping. These producers are pretty damn greedy. The tickets are already pricey enough.
I’m glad I got this while I did. Good luck to people when they go on sale to the public tomorrow.
Didn’t I say a few pages ago they were gonna do that when the site was down? Predictable and maddening.
Yeah, not suspending dynamic pricing for at least the first day or two of sales might be one of the most disgustingly greedy moves I've seen in an industry known for is disgustingly greedy moves.
As Charlie says, "But when it's — (snort) Money… (snort, snort) Money…When you're into —(snort) Money…"
Does anyone know if all seats were released or if there may be new stock when the general on-sale happens?
It looks like a significant amount of seats were held back because the pattern of available seats for less sold performances was all very similar.
When i was looking at different dates it looked like the exact same seats were on and off sale so it does look like they held back a significant amount of inventory today.
jkcohen626 said: "Does anyone know if all seats were released or if there may be new stock when the general on-sale happens?"
I don’t know for sure, but it appears as though only a certain number of seats in each price category were released for presale. Glad I was able to get tickets for mid-October, albeit at $400ea (incl fees). A few minutes after I purchased my tickets, the price for the same seats went up to $412ea. I also dropped the ball and didn’t click on the link to buy tickets until 11am. There were close to 10,000 people in queue ahead of me!! I had to wait close to an hour to gain access to the site.
This won't be a NYTW situation. As it goes with every other show at the Hudson, they'll likely be releasing seats up until the day of each performance, including the far sides of the orchestra starting at row M, which may or may not be partial view.
Updated On: 3/23/23 at 01:01 PM
grrr, this dynamic pricing really makes this so infuriating.
My instincts say to wait because more seats will probably be on sale soon, but the dynamic pricing could **** with that.
If I'm waiting for more sub-$100 seats, how do I know they won't be well over $100 by the time they actually go up for sale?
BTW, how long is the pre-sale window?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/11
$409 for orchestra seats for a show that will likely be on TDF by November 1st. Right.
Also, every other show at the Hudson has seats allocated to TodayTix, so they may show up for sale on there at some point.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/21
Just scanned a dozen random dates in Oct, Nov, and Dec. Lots and lots of availability still although the lowest ticket price category often is gone.
I'm glad I got one performance at a decent price today, but I don't feel a need to book my return for another viewing right away. My hunch is some of the prices will drop for select performances as dates draw nearer and inventory is still available.
Broadway61004 said: "$409 for orchestra seats for a show that will likely be on TDF by November 1st. Right."
No, that’s certainly not happening.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/8/19
I almost always buy tix on my laptop, but today I was in the grocery store at 10 am, used my iPhone, and had 2 H Center Orch tix ($289 each) for the second week of performances by 10:10 am. Now I'm tempted to always use the phone for these crazy advance sales, but it was probably just a fluke?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/11
ljay889 said: "Broadway61004 said: "$409 for orchestra seats for a show that will likely be on TDF by November 1st. Right."
No, that’s certainly not happening."
We'll see about that. This is not Sweeney or Into the Woods or a Sondheim that has mass appeal outside of the theatre community. That's in no way commenting on the quality of it, but just the reality of the shows people are flocking to see.
Very glad I got my NYTW subscription, the entire subscription to see it in a tiny house was less expensive than a lot of these orchestra seats. Plus I got to see the fabulous How To Defend Yourself
Understudy Joined: 10/31/11
Wow. Glad I saw the original production for a few dollars with a half empty audience, one week before it closed in 1981. That will do for my MWRA bucket list The nice thing was the full orchestra 42 years ago, and I am hoping that this show transfers with nothing less than 20+ musicians, otherwise it is a disgrace to the ear and the pocketbook. What do we know about the orchestra size?
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I don't know how their fees are structured, but I noticed that the ticket I bought was earlier was $99 + $8 fee and now is $109 + $15 fee. So not only did the ticket price go up; the fee almost doubled.
I know it was not huge at NYTW but I thought it sounded really really amazing, haven't heard anything about the broadway size yet but can't imagine it will be 20 pieces.
They’re smart to open this and close it when they are, and having it as a strictly limited run will ensure a higher chance of selling out every night, but I actually LOL’ed at those prices. Depressing.
Sunday in the Park was similarly limited and starred Jake Gyllenhaal, but those prices were nowhere near as ridiculous. I sat mid Orch for $139 and front balcony for $79... I guess they think Radcliffe and Groff have that much more selling power, plus the rising tide of all theatre ticket prices lifts all boats.
The line appears to be gone now...I wonder if this will be the total spike now (including general release)...since the 'pre-sale' was pretty easy to get access to I would have thought the majority of keen Merrily fans and Radcliffe/Groff fans have already got access? Or can we expect another rush?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/21
The line was gone at 1 p.m. Eastern when I checked seats for a friend.
Just like the Parade ticket release, there really isn’t an insane line for any of these releases, it’s that their site can’t handle them. It’s slowed on purpose, so any fear that it was going to sell out on first release can breath easily
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